Obituaries

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr.

Joseph William "Bill" Widing Jr., 75, of 1611 Cold Spring Road died Saturday at Sweet Brook Care Centers after a long illness. Born in Philadelphia on April 4, 1930, son of Joseph William Widing...

Lillian P. LaRose

Lillian P. LaRose, 78, of Randolph, Vt., a former resident of Great Barrington, died Sunday at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Born in Hartland, Vt., on Feb. 15, 1827,...

Marion Belle Henderson

Marion Belle Henderson, 85, formerly of Simonds Road, died Sunday at Sweet Brook Care Centers, where she had resided for the past year. Born in Adams on Dec. 29, 1919, daughter of Harry D. and...

George F. Farris

George F. Farris, 85, of 176 Columbus Ave., Berkshiretown Apartments, died Saturday morning at Berkshire Medical Center shortly after being admitted. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 11, 1919, son of...

Pete F. Dufur

Pete F. Dufur, 58, of 3 Park Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Oct. 6, 1946, son of Irene Kristensen Dufur and the late Alton L. Dufur, he was a 1964 graduate of Mount Greylock...

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo

Letezia L. "Letty" Demo, 95, of 101 North St. died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Elizabeth Spellios, at 3 Blueberry Hill Road, Wilbraham. Born in Calabria, Italy on Oct. 6, 1909, daughter...

Elizabeth Ann Affenito

Elizabeth Ann Affenito, 53, of 7 Sandisfield Road died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Springfield on March 24, 1952, daughter of Margaret McCarron, she lived at...

John S. Babula

John S. Babula, 77, of 2028 Small Town Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, a native of Adams and former teacher at Charles H. McCann Vocational Technical High School, died early Friday morning at...

Arnold P. Sossner

Arnold P. Sossner, 68, of Hurley, N.Y., Delray Beach, Fla., and New Marlborough died Friday at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. Born in Great Barrington on April 7, 1937, son of Lewis and Florence...

Franklin J. "Bus" Quinn

Franklin J. "Bus" Quinn, 85, of 430 North St. died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Dalton on July 21, 1920, son of Francis J. and Mabel Morgan Quinn, he was a 1938 graduate of the...

Mabel S. Heath

Mabel S. Heath, 71, of 5 May St. died yesterday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield. Born in Lenox Dale on Oct. 25, 1933, daughter of William A. and Hazel Roosa Perry, she was educated in...

Edward Marcus

Edward Marcus, 67, of Pleasant Street, Manchester, formerly of Lee, died Sept. 6 at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in Ashland on Dec. 18, 1937, son of Harry Marcus and Mary Kilham Marcus,...

Michael Shaun Dowling

Michael Shaun Dowling, 57, of 7 Norwich Drive died yesterday at home. Born in Fort Knox, Kent., on March 20, 1948, son of William F. Dowling Jr. and Mary Ruth Smitley Dowling, he was a graduate...

Angelina M. Ciaburri

Angelina M. Ciaburri, 89, of 4301 Rabbit Foot Lane. Richmond, Va., formerly of North Adams, died on Wednesday at the Lexington Court Nursing Home in Richmond, VA. Born in North Adams on Aug. 25,...

Gloria Myrtle Barber

Gloria Myrtle Barber, 73, of Capitol Square Apartments, formerly known as Bradford Arms, died Wednesday afternoon at Berkshire Medical Center. Born in Pittsfield on May 13, 1932, daughter of...

Polly Shove

Polly Shove, 89, of 42 Elm St., Windsor Locks, Conn., died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn. Born in Sheffield on Aug. 8, 1916, daughter of Virgil and Grace Beebe Miller, she...

Maria C. Rufo

Maria C. Rufo, 95, of 30 Sunset Ave. died Wednesday morning at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center. She had resided in Lenox for the past five years, having moved here from Brighton. Born in...

George V. Perreault

George V. Perreault, 83, of 45 Main St., Sugar Hill died Tuesday evening at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, where he had resided for the past month. Before moving to Sugar Hill, he had also...

Karen Ann Golomb

Karen Ann Golomb, 53, of Charlotte, N.C., died Tuesday, Sept. 6, at home. Born on July 17, 1952, in Worcester, daughter of Beverly J. Mayo and the late Donald E. Mayo, she graduated from Lenox...

Ida H. Bayer

Ida H. Bayer, 97, of George Street died Sunday at home, following a short illness. Born in Schaki, Lithuania, on May 4, 1908, daughter of Gustav and Johanna Reil Winkler, she was a graduate of...

Sally Young

Sally Young, 64, of 139 North Egremont Road died yesterday of lung cancer. She died at the home of her son, Stephen Sagarin of 113 Egremont Plain Road. Born in Nyack, N.Y., on April 22, 1941,...

Carlos Fidel Seminario

Carlos Fidel Seminario, 57, of 53 Westminster St. died Monday evening at Berkshire Medical Center after a short illness. Born in Lima, Peru, on April 24, 1948, son of Jose and Alicia Falero...

Leona Marie Pero

Leona Marie Pero, 81, of Starbrooke Drive, Newton, N.C., died Saturday at Palliative CareCenter and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born in Adams on Nov. 16, 1923, daughter of Amedee Joseph and Mary...

William J. Kennedy

William J. Kennedy, 53, of 112 Melbourne Road died Sunday at home. Born in Pittsfield on Nov. 18, 1951, son of John and Lillian Dwyer Kennedy, he attended local schools, including Pittsfield High...

Alice M. Godfrey

Alice M. Godfrey, 75, of 580 Henderson Road died Monday morning at the Sweetbrook Health Care Centers. Born in Williamstown on Feb. 27, 1930, daughter of Archie and Bessie Davis Godfrey, she...